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Higher education Common Core L.8.2a resources
Wait For It… Punctuate a Pause Using the Ellipsis, Dash, and Comma
I am so proud of this lesson! When I found the Common Core Standard for punctuating a pause in 8th grade, I looked high and low for a resource before realizing one needed to be created. How difficult can creating an ellipsis, dash and comma lesson be? Trust me, it wasn’t as easy as I originally thought! The nuances between the three punctuation marks need to be distinguished so students can learn which to use- and further- what each one adds to the text (suspense, sudden interruption, reader dir
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: The High School Bundle- Language Arts Lessons, PPTs & More!
Color by Number Worksheets 8th Grade Grammar Bundle
Use these worksheets as a fun and engaging way to practice or review grammar skills! Students will enjoy practicing their skills while also coloring a beautiful picture! Teachers, these are 23 prep free worksheets for you! Just print and go! This is great as a beginning of the year activity to assess students' knowledge, during the year activity to practice a new grammar skill, or an end of the year activity to review their grammar skills!WHAT'S INCLUDED?VERBALS:1 student reference page for stud
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Academic Writing Lesson 3 Part 1: Review of Sentence Components
One of 30+ lesson plans that make up a middle school advanced placement and high school writing curriculum that prepares and leverages students for collegiate level writing. Note that this 1-30 academic writing curriculum will cover all of the writing standards from 5th to 12th grades as a whole, not individually. The whole is engineered to cover all aspects of writing and relative language mastery expected at the college level.This lesson reviews foundational language and writing knowledge. Not
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Academic Writing, Lesson 4 Part 2: Contractions, Capitalizations, Homophones...
One of 30+ lesson plans that make up a middle school advanced placement and high school writing curriculum that prepares and leverages students for collegiate level writing. Note that this 1-30 academic writing curriculum will cover all of the writing standards from 5th to 12th grades as a whole, not individually. The whole is engineered to cover all aspects of writing and relative language mastery expected at the college level.This lesson dives into contractions, the apostrophe, capitalizations
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Academic Writing Lesson 4 Part 1: Words
One of 30+ lesson plans that make up a middle school advanced placement and high school writing curriculum that prepares and leverages students for collegiate level writing. Note that this 1-30 academic writing curriculum will cover all of the writing standards from 5th to 12th grades as a whole, not individually. The whole is engineered to cover all aspects of writing and relative language mastery expected at the college level.This lesson is the first part of a deep dive into into words and the
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Academic Writing Lesson 3 Part 2: Understanding the Sentence
One of 30+ lesson plans that make up a middle school advanced placement and high school writing curriculum that prepares and leverages students for collegiate level writing. Note that this 1-30 academic writing curriculum will cover all of the writing standards from 5th to 12th grades as a whole, not individually. The whole is engineered to cover all aspects of writing and relative language mastery expected at the college level.This lesson is a deep dive into the constructions and components of
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Academic Writing Lesson 2 Part 2: Introduction Format Basics
One of 30+ lesson plans that make up a middle school advanced placement and high school writing curriculum that prepares and leverages students for collegiate level writing. Note that this 1-30 academic writing curriculum will cover all of the writing standards from 5th to 12th grades as a whole, not individually. The whole is engineered to cover all aspects of writing and relative language mastery expected at the college level.This lesson continues the introduction to APA formatting for academi
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Academic Writing Lesson 1: Intro to Academic Writing
One of 30+ lesson plans that make up a middle school advanced placement and high school writing curriculum that prepares and leverages students for collegiate level writing. Note that this 1-30 academic writing curriculum will cover all of the writing standards from 5th to 12th grades as a whole, not individually. The whole is engineered to cover all aspects of writing and relative language mastery expected at the college level.This 1st lesson gives an overview of what academic writing is and wh
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Guide to High School Writing, MLA Format & Citation, and Literary Terms
This 25-page document is a terrific way to give your students plenty of useful information on the writing process used in high school (and college) writing. The guidelines, tips, and suggestions are the basics gleaned from numerous and popular writing guides presented in a concise and condensed format.
Additionally, literary terms commonly found on the AP English Literature and Composition and AP English Language and Composition, as well as the SAT, ACT, and SAT Literature Subject Test have
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Essential Comma Rules Practice Pack 1
This product includes 125 questions, answers, and explanations on how to use commas in 5 essential ways. This resource does not cover the most commonly known rules such as how to use commas in dates or street addresses but focuses on the key rules that come up in standardized tests which students tend to forget. The difficulty of this material is intended for students in the 6th grade and up, but the practice sentences can be adapted and used by students of any age. The resource contains in-dept
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor of All? | PPT | myPerspectives | Grade 8
This is a ready-made PowerPoint animated lesson with answer key for To Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor of All? selection, unit 5, myPerspectives, grade 8. This lesson includes the following:- Homepage- Pre-reading activities- While-reading activities- Comprehension check- Close Read- Analyze the text- Analyze craft and structure- Concept Vocabulary and Word Study- ConventionsComma Usage (video)Semicolon Usage (video)
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8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Invention | UNIT 5 | myPerspectives | PPT | Grade 8
25 Years Later, Hubble Sees Beyond Troubled Start |PPT| myPerspectives | Grade 8
This is a ready-made PowerPoint animated lesson with answer key for 25 Years Later, Hubble Sees Beyond Troubled Start selection, unit 5, myPerspectives, grade 8. This lesson includes the following:- Homepage- Pre-reading activities- Comprehension check- While-reading activities- Close ReadDenotation & Connotation (video)Personification (video)- Analyze the text- Analyze craft and structureDiction (video)Tone (video)- Concept Vocabulary and Word Study- ConventionsEllipses (video)Dashes (video
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8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Invention | UNIT 5 | myPerspectives | PPT | Grade 8
Ready to Print! Community Service Project Bundle for ELA! CCGPS Aligned!
This detailed project is intended for gifted middle school students, preferably 8th graders or higher, who are given the task of selecting a field of their own interest and going and completing volunteer hours. Students will identify an issue in their chosen field, will create a possible solution, research those solutions, and will submit a research paper in argumentative or expository style. Students also create a hands-on demonstration/presentation to share their ideas with classmates. All
Dialogue Punctuation Rules Google Slides presentation and Activity
39 slide Google Slides presentation with dialogue punctuation rules, examples, quick check (incorrect/correct) examples, dialogue tag brainstorm activity, meaningful dialogue suggestions, and create your own dialogue activity with image prompts.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Community Unit
The goal for this unit is for students to understand the role of community places and workers so they can navigate their new community. Students should be able to properly explain where they have visited in the community and what community professionals they saw throughout the week by using the target vocabulary. Students should also be able to communicate their presentation clearly using proper English and construct level appropriate sentences. The presentation should be neatly put together, is
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
GOTV Get Out The Vote Postcard Campaign Project! Full Bundle!
Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Project!In this Postcard Campaign Project, we create GOTV postcards! We create and splatter alcohol inks to paint 4x6 index cards, learn the legal guidelines for GOTV efforts, discuss the importance of our campaign, and send the cards to actual voters! The Project is very Flexible and Customizable: You can trim out any part of the project you wish, or simply offer it as an optional extension project students can do on their own or as an after school club activity! Th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
"Mrs. Flowers" excerpt from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Test
Reading and Writing elements are included with this test. Among other elements, the test covers: plotstatic and dynamic charactersmain ideaimplied main ideasynonyms analogymoodprewritingadding details to a webcomma placementbrainstormingsentence structure
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6th - 11th, Higher Education
8th Grade Mentor Sentence Marking Period One
A collection of mentor sentences and focus skills to go along with Marking Period One of 8th grade English. Many of the sentences revolve around the novel, "The Outsiders" Pair with Marking Periods 1-4 for a full year of 8th grade Mentor Sentences.
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8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Punctuation Highlight: Dashes, Colons, Semicolons, and Parentheses (editable)
This resource is designed to teach students about both the grammatical and rhetorical principles of using special punctuation such as dashes, colons, parentheses, and semicolons. It is a great resource for learning to vary sentence length and the different ways we might do this.Each section poses (and answers) questions about when, why, and how we use special punctuation. This resource is excellent for challenging students to expand their writing style and define their voice. There are clearly d
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Common Core Rubric: How To Outline Informational Text
This rubric accompanies How To Make an Outline of Informational text.Rubric assess:-How Much Info -Structure and Setup-Formatting ToolsCan be used with any content or grade involving the close reading of informational text.Sub-links in each rubric box lead to student samples of each level. Copy these links and then re-link them to your own personalized document.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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GOTV Postcard Campaign Project - Turn and Talk Handout (to turn in)
Turn-and-Talk Handout for GOTV Project:I use my "Forced Turn-and-Talk" format (in my TPT shop!).It's fully structured and prepared for you, and included in this product.This Handout and the greater GOTV Project PowerPoint slides direct students through this exercise. Of course, you can use this Handout alone.Students are guided through a Forced Turn-and-Talk to answer these Questions: Q: “Why is it important to Vote?” Q: “Why is it important that as many people Vote as possible?”Q: “Why is it i
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: GOTV Get Out The Vote Postcard Campaign Project! Full Bundle!
Grammar - 8 Units - Pres-Simple/Pro- Past-Simple/Pro - Ireg Verbs - ESL/EFL.
Table of contentsUnit 1. Present Simple I 04 Unit 2. Present Simple II 08 Unit 3. Present Progressive 12Work out 1 18Unit 4. Past Simple I 20Unit 5. Past Simple II 24Unit 6. Past Progressive 30Work out 2 36Unit 7. Irregular Verbs 38Unit 8. Past Tense Negative 44& Yes / No questionsWork out 3 48
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Advanced Structures for Giving Advice
Part 1: A worksheet designed to give students a variety of structures for giving advice
Part 2: A great game designed to give students the opportunity to USE the structures for giving advice
Target language:
-You should...
-You ought to...
-You had better...
-Your best bet would be to...
-If I were you, I would...
-How about...
SEE PREVIEW FILE FOR DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS AND WHITEBOARD EXAMPLES
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Valentine's Day Break-up Letter- PDF NON EDITABLE VERSION
This version is a PDF and will not allow you to edit. There is an editable version on my TPT- however the fonts are different! Give students a day to remember by encouraging healthy communication skills. Get them thinking about symbols, plot graphs, organized writing, and an important life lesson: how to break up with someone. This lesson takes one class period, but you could make it last longer by having students compare. Students complete this activity on loose leaf.
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7th - 10th, Higher Education
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